BN · rank #5 · 2026-09-08
BE
NYSE · $74.48B (USD)
The exact numbers the algorithm saw.
| Composite score Z-score blend of the factors below; drives the rank. | 0.75 |
|---|---|
| Forward revenue growth Consensus forward revenue growth. | +64.9% |
| Forward net margin Consensus forward net margin. | +8.7% |
| Net margin TTM Trailing twelve month net margin. | +7.9% |
| Margin expansion Forward minus trailing net margin (percentage points). | +0.8% |
| Forward PEG Forward P/E to growth. Below 1 is cheap for the growth. | 0.53 |
| Debt / FCF Net debt relative to free cash flow. Lower is safer. | 4.48× |
| Analyst upside Spread between the consensus 12m target and the current price. | +8.8% |
| Last EPS surprise Most recent reported EPS versus consensus. | +165% |
| Market cap (USD) | $74.48B |
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Summary
Bloom Energy deploys proprietary solid oxide fuel cell systems providing onsite baseload power to over 1,200 facilities including 400+ MW serving data centers, with 1.5 GW installed globally and a pipeline targeting 5 GW of contracted AI datacenter power by year-end 2026.
Rationale
The bottleneck-solver thesis is directly reinforced — BE is a named, contracted supplier of behind-the-meter power to Nvidia-backed Nebius for a 300 MW AI datacenter, Q2 2026 revenue surged 166% YoY to $1.065B with raised full-year guidance of $3.9–$4.2B, and a forward PEG of 0.53 suggests the market has not fully priced the growth inflection.
Material risks
- 1Hyperscaler vertical integration risk — if large AI datacenter operators (Microsoft, Google, Amazon) develop or acquire competing onsite power solutions at scale, Bloom's sole-supplier positioning erodes and the bottleneck moat collapses.
- 2Debt-to-FCF of 4.5x leaves limited cushion if the 5 GW contracted-power target slips or project financing tightens, as execution at this revenue ramp requires sustained capital deployment without margin compression.
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